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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Why are Trumps ratings so low, the lowest at this point in a presidency?

Why do Trump supporters (estimated at 33% of the electorate, on the high end) so sure he is right and speaks the truth?

The falsehoods and lies are real, checked not just by factcheck services that have come into existence since most media cut its one fact checkers for the payroll, but by historians, member of the supreme court, fellow Republicans, most all university researchers, and most reporters doing any digging at all. Trump lies. It's that simple.

There is no past president in trackable US History who has lied or spoke falsehoods more time than President Trump. He has 25 times as many falsehoods as any previous president (Nixon held the Record up until Trump).

Unlike previous presidents, who passed on falsehoods in the name of National Security and later provided the facts supporting why they did, Trump speaks out on things that have no reason for release and still looks back and reuses the statements from his campaign that no longer have any effect on governing.

During the campaign Trump was caught in lies and major distortions ten times at Politifact's Pants on Fire extreme level.Does the "media" tell the truth.

First of all media is the way you receive the information, not a single journalist or source publication or broadcast.

Second, much of the "media" are talking head "experts" paid to say things that get response from an audience that sells papers, keeps people watching on the Internet, or keeps them in six minute increments on television and radio. Others are commentators, whose job it is to have an opinion, one that will elicit response (not main stream there). That is not journalism, although journalistic content may be presented.

Journalism and reporters are trained to get both sides of the story, to ask solid questions, and put information together in a way that reports on what is happening. They are also the Fourth Estate, meaning they have a constitutional duty to keep watch on and report on the actions of all three branches of our government and its members / players.

Not all information has the same value. Not all is accurate to the same degree. Not all information is fact.

Russia did fund and even produce Internet and video video products without revealing they were behind the deliberate falsehoods, repeated as fact on the Internet, by believers who want to believe the information and Trump himself. The Clintons ordering people killed, Hillarys various illnesses, an inflated presentation of both North Korea and Iran's current nuclear potential have all been traced to Russian operatives with no facts uncovered.

Mainstream media may report it as fact. That does not mean journalist are vouching for it, since these "facts" are often spoken (on FOX News and other "legitimate media outlets) by pundits an experts paid to support the information.

Journalist need to do their job.

Call a lie a lie, a mistake a mistake, a falsehood a falsehood, fabricated news "fake".

It is their job.

And find the truth behind why actions are taken and when, what happened, who reported it, their credentials or position in the story and on the relation of that information to larger issues and stories.

That does not mean revealing the names of all your sources. But that is a different commentary...

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Written April 23, 2014.

Ted has since passed away and is missed....

When I arrived in town Ted Mikels befriended my wife and myself, threw the best eccentric movie world parties at his "castle" and taught or worked with a wide range of crew on projects including "Mission Killfast" and "Chad".

A giant heart and generous soul, he shares with those who will listen about the craft of filmmaking, the way it has been done for a century, and the techniques of the .future

While he is not a union film maker, so I never appeared on film in his projects. He is prolific and a pioneer in many areas. I was taught film making in ways I never learned during similar classes I took back in college. Being around Ted led to hands on editing of film based sound, 16 and 35 mm film and as a Script Supervisor on two projects.

I am sorry I missed (and was not invited to) a screening of his latest Grind House film last Thursday.

Ted, and the people around him, have a passion for life and find joy in ways most of us never fully understand. I enjoyed and embraced my time with Ted, and the teams of talent he attracts.

In the years since the early and mid 1980's, my life took a different path, as a solid union activist and educator. I have fond memories of the world of Ted V. Mikels, his friends and followers. My heart warms when I do see him at an event or a friend's home. I am very glad to see Ted is still active and making "cult" movies.

Revealing a few things about my background not generally known...I am a Dramaturge, trained by the dramaturgist who did "Angels in America."I am trained and have some experience as a Script Supervisor or Continuity, trained by Ted V. Mikels.I have theater, film, television experience on camera, and as a voice artist.A younger me played romantic leads in many musicals, comedies and dramas.I am an experienced writer, journalist, broadcaster, marketing professional and advertising director.I have started theater companies, been artistic director, produced, directed and done the tech work running lights, moving sets and lots of painting.I have an MA in Communication, was all but thesis from an MA in Theatre, and am all but dissertation from a PhD in Education. I am accomplished public speaker.I am basically shy, and prefer not to puff up and promote myself (but in this business you can't escape doing it from time to time...darn it!)I am passionate about my students and both coaching and teaching. It is about them not me or my ego.

I have done classical theater. I was a member of the SEGand SAG. I am a member of SAG-AFTRA.

I have given 17 years of national board service for actors.I am looking for representation and a mentor.-July 29, 2012

The opening three minutes of the cult classic, MARK OF THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, music and sound effects by BENTMEN. MARK OF THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES stars the immortal Tura Satana (FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!), Brinke Stevens (HAUNTING FEAR, SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY) and Liz Renay (John Waters's DESPERATE LIVING, BLACKENSTEIN) as well as the disembodied head of John Carradine (you won't believe it)! The movie is written, produced, directed, photographed and edited by Ted V. Mikels. For the uninitiated, Ted is the living legend behind such drive-in classics as THE CORPSE GRINDERS, BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS, THE DOLL SQUAD, the original ASTRO-ZOMBIES and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS (as seen on Mystery Science Theater 3000). The BENTMEN wrote over five hours of music for the film without seeing a single frame of footage -- just going by Ted's synopsis, a few stills on his site and our own imaginations. Ted’s primary direction to us was that we leave no dead spots in the movie -- fill it with as much music as possible -- and to treat it as "serious camp," in other words, nothing jokey about the tone. In fact, the only intentional joke we put in was using the sound of a modem as part of the titular Mark administered by Zekith and the Bad Aliens. Judging from the copious amount of duct tape and styrofoam in their spaceship, we felt it likely these guys were using a dial-up connection! Cheap, bargain-basement technology, pressed into the service of something greater, both primitive and futuristic at the same time, is a key BENTMEN signature, and a major contributing reason as to why we feel such an affinity for films like MARK OF THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES. BENTMEN: Des - Vocals, Hammered Dulcimer, Keyboards, Percussion, Sound Effects and Treatments Katherine Desomnd - Keyboards, Guitar, Guitar Synth Crazy Eddie Nowik - Lead Guitar Dark Mark White - Acoustic and Electric Basses Geoff Chase - Acoustic and Found Drums Frank Coleman - Electronic Drums, Keyboards, Treatments, Post-Processing (Editing and Loops) Ross Kennedy - Human Prop

About Me

Actor, Casting Director, Director, Broadcaster, Writer, Singer, Artistic
Director, Dramatur, Producer, Professor, Coach, Husband, Grandfather, Marketing
Professional and life long student Art Lynch joined the staff of John Robert
Powers in 1999. Lynch is also an adjunct professor at the Community College of
Southern Nevada, the Morning Edition Weekend Host for Nevada Public Radio and
one of 67 individuals who represent 126,000 actors as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Screen Actors Guild. He is the past president of the Nevada
Branch of the Screen Actors Guild and of the Professional Audio/Visual Communications
Association. A resident of Nevada since 1984, Lynch has an MA in Communications
from UNLV and a BA in Theater, Speech and Mass Communications from the
University of Illinois, Chicago. He is currently pursuing post-graduate studies
in theater, education and the entertainment industry. Art Lynch studied and
practiced the craft of acting in Chicago and California before settling in
Nevada. With his wife Laura, Art owned and operated a successful marketing
company with national clientele. Art was personally responsible for casting and
directing over 1,000 commercials and industrials, as well as assisting on film
and television projects in many ways. His career also includes earning awards
as a wire service, magazine and broadcast journalist. He is most proud,
however, of his daughters. Ann is a PhD in neuroscience and Beth is the proud
mother of his grandchildren, Evan and Elijah.

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